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No. 421,317. Patented Feb. 11,1890.

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N. PETERS; Photo-Liihngripher, Walhington. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES T. SARGENT, OF CLEVELAND, OI-IIO.

WASH-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 421,317, dated February11, 1 890.

Application filed November 23, 1889. Serial No. 331,345. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES T. SARGENT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented or discovered certain new and useful Improvements in Washboards, of which improvements the following is a specification.

The invention described herein relates to certain improvements in thatclass or kind of protectors for wash-boards described and claimed inLetters Patent No. 285,254, granted September 18,1883, to J. M. Gorham,and has for its object such a construction and arrangement of theprotector as will permit of its being reversed from side to side of theboard when in use without removal from the board, and will also permitof the protector being folded down into the space below theheadpiecetcominonly known as the soap-box) for storage ortransportation.

In general terms, the invention consists in the construction andarrangement of mechanical devices or elements, all as more fullyhereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a side elevation of a doublefaced wash board hav ing myimproved protector applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same,the upper portion being shown in section. Figs. 3 and 4: are viewssimilar to Figs. 1 and 2 of a modified construction of the protector.

The wash-board proper, consisting of the side bars 1, cross-strips 2above and below the rubbing-faces 3, the brand-board 4, and head-piece5, may beconstructed in the usual or any desired manner. The protector 6is formed of a board or plate of any desired or suitable width and of alength equal to the length of the head-piece 5, or approximately so.This plate or board is attached to the head-piece by a pin 7 passingthrough the board and head-piece midway, or approximately so, of thelength of each, but near one edge of the board or plate, so that theoppo site edge of said plate, which is made of a greater width than thehead-piece, may project beyond the same. This protector may, byhorizontal rotation on its pivot-pin, be made to project beyond eitheredge of the head piece without detachment from the board.

In order to hold the protector in position above either face of theboard, a spring-catch 8 is secured to the under side of the protector onone side of the pivot-pin, and suitable holes 9 (indicated by dottedlines in Fig. 1) are formed in the head-piece 011 both sides of thepivot-pin for engagement with the springcatch, in accordance with theposition of the protector; or, if desired, the catch may be secured tothe head-piece and the holes formed in the under side of the board, orany other suitable catch or detent may be employed for holding theprotector in operative position.

Vh'ile the protector hereinbefore described will perform its desiredfunction when in use, a permanently-projecting protector is liable to bebroken off and prevents a compact ar rangement of the boards fortransportation. or storage; hence it is preferred, as shown in Figs. 3and 4, to connect the protector to a carrier 10 by means of spiralsprings 11, mounted on a round tenon 12, formed on the inner corners ofthe protector. One end of each of these springs is pressed into orotherwise fastened to the protector, while the other end is secured tothe carrier. In attaching these springs they are placed under such atension that their combined strength will hold the protector up againsta stop on the carrier, said stop being preferably formed by theoverhanging portion 13 of the carrier. This overhanging portion 13serves not only as a stop to limit the upward movement of the protector,but also to protect the connection between the protector and carrier.This carrier, which is pivotally secured to headpiece 5, is preferablymade of a width as regards its body portion equal, or approximately so,to the width of the head-piece 5, and the protector is so connected bythe springs 11 to the carrier that it may be folded down into thesoapbox-that is to say, the protector is so arranged that its axis ofmovement-t'. a, the line passing centrally through the tenons 12, willlie in line with or a little outside of the edges of the heachpiece whenthe carrier and protector are in normal operative position on eitherside of the washboard. A spring-catch 8 and holes 9 are provided, ashereinbefore described, to lock the carrier and protector in operativeposition on either side of the Wash-board.

Either construction of protector hereinbefore described, fitting as theydo on top of the head-piece, can be readily applied to any of thedouble-faced wash-boards now in use, no change being required in theWash-board, and the protector being held in place by a pin passingthrough the protector itself or the carrier and the headpiece.

If desired, the tenons 12 maybe made sufficiently long to project intoholes formed in blocks at the ends of the recess formed by theoverhanging portion 13, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, therebyforming a firmer hearing for the protector.

I claim herein as my invention- 1. The combination of adouble-facedWaslr board and a protector arranged for rotation on a vertical axis ontop of the head piece of the Wash-board, substantially as set JOIth.

2. The combination of a doublefaced Washboard, a rotating carrierpivoted to and on top of the head-piece thereof, and a protectorflexibly connected to the carrier and movable therewith from side toside of the Wash-board, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of adouble-faced Washboard provided With a soap-boxon each side, a rotating carrier pivoted to and on top of the head-piecethereof, and a yielding protector connected to the carrier and movabletherewith from side to side of the wash-board and adapted to fold downinto either soap-box substantially as set forth.

4:. The combination of a double-faced Washboard, a protector arrangedfor rotation on top of the head-piece from side to side of the board,and an interlocking or interengaging mechanism for holding the protectorin operative position, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set hand. JAMES T. SARGENT.\Vitnesses:

J. M. GORHAM, J os. J. PTAK.

